i just got bitten by a tick, am i a goner?

[brianmanahan]

so i took a nice hike in the woods and was driving home when i felt something crawling on my arm.

i held my elbow up, figuring it was an ant or mosquito but NO IT WAS A TICK

it was still walking around so i stopped along the road and quickly grabbed a kleenex and grabbed the tick off my arm

but as i did, i felt a sting - so i think it got me when i got it

am i going to die of lyme disease?

i kept it in a sealed baggie to be studied by scientists... it's still crawling around in there.

 

[sandorski]

RIP

...dibs on your stuff.

 

[Iron Woode]

yes, you are going to die.


Seriously though, there has been plenty of news stories in the last 2 months about the increase in the numbers of ticks and the potential for disease transmission. Wear insect repellent with DEET.

 

[Torn Mind]

You are probably okay if it just started its bite and didn't get bloated.

Lyme is transferred by the deer tick, which is black in color.

Dog ticks or the lone star tick will be more red in color.

 

[balloonshark]

Better hurry and write a pome for your headstone before you lose consciousness.

 

[fralexandr]

From

Tick-borne Disease Transmission Times

Tick-borne Disease Transmission Times Vary greatly depending upon the tick species that spreads the disease. Illnesses like Lyme, Anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever…

ticksafety.com

 

[Steltek]

You don't have anything to worry about. If you found it crawling, it was just looking for the perfect spot to make a meal of you... Best take a look around when you have a chance and make sure you didn't pick up any that you didn't feel crawling.

Usually, a tick has to be attached for between one and two days in order to get infected with Lyme disease. Other diseases, it varies between 2 and 100 hours.

Don't know where you live, but around where I live if you got into the ticks, you should be more worried about chiggers. Trust me, those are some miserable things - I got about 30 of them on me two weeks ago spraying Roundup and I'm still not healed up yet....

 

[brianmanahan]

You are probably okay if it just started its bite and didn't get bloated.

Lyme is transferred by the deer tick, which is black in color.

Dog ticks or the lone star tick will be more red in color.

yeah it's still flat. and actually looks like it might be a wood tick instead of a deer tick, but i'm no tick expert.

 

[brianmanahan]

From

Tick-borne Disease Transmission Times

Tick-borne Disease Transmission Times Vary greatly depending upon the tick species that spreads the disease. Illnesses like Lyme, Anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever…

ticksafety.com

whew, so since it just got one quick bite in (if that), maybe i'm not a goner after all

 

[sandorski]

...but srsly brah...

 

[MrSquished]

You should probably write your will and then send the tick in for testing, in that order.

 

[Iron Woode]

so i took a nice hike in the woods and was driving home when i felt something crawling on my arm.

i held my elbow up, figuring it was an ant or mosquito but NO IT WAS A TICK

it was still walking around so i stopped along the road and quickly grabbed a kleenex and grabbed the tick off my arm

but as i did, i felt a sting - so i think it got me when i got it

am i going to die of lyme disease?

i kept it in a sealed baggie to be studied by scientists... it's still crawling around in there.

the issue is that it is geographically variable. Where do you live? That determines risk factor.

 

[brianmanahan]

the issue is that it is geographically variable. Where do you live? That determines risk factor.

ohio

 

[Captante]

yes, you are going to die.

100% agreed!


*(chances of it being tick-related however are fairly slim)

 

[Iron Woode]

ohio

Tickborne Diseases in Ohio | Ohio Department of Health

 

[Torn Mind]

If it consoles you, my mom was mauled by 20 or so a couple weeks ago and she's still standing, although the wounds still itch on her.

 

[brianmanahan]

If it consoles you, my mom was mauled by 20 or so a couple weeks ago and she's still standing, although the wounds still itch on her.

whoa seriously!? did she have to pull them all out?

 

[Iron Woode]

whoa seriously!? did she have to pull them all out?

ticks are nasty. I once had several attack me way back in 1988. Took me a while to find and remove them all. My friend helped.

 

[Torn Mind]

whoa seriously!? did she have to pull them all out?

Not all of them, but some definitely were attached tightly and started their bites. Didn't count how many started their bites, but there were at least 5. I'll have to have her count again how many bites she got.

Three species, one deer, there rest were dog and lone star ticks.

 

[sdifox]

You were a goner even before the tick bit you.

 

[Ajay]

i held my elbow up, figuring it was an ant or mosquito but NO IT WAS A TICK

Now you get to check your 'crevices'. Ticks like to dig in in warm soft places. Hope you have some *really* good friends.

it was still walking around so i stopped along the road and quickly grabbed a kleenex and grabbed the tick off my arm

A tissue! We are going to have to talk about this Mr. Manahan...

[where is the freaking colbert emoji, damn Zenforo)

 

[IronWing]

 

[highland145]

Are we friends today? It matters for my giv-o-shit meter.

 

[ultimatebob]

Lyme Disease isn't all that bad, it can be treated with Antibiotics.

That's a good thing, because I don't think that ATOT could survive losing one of it's greatest minds like brianmanahan!

 

[sdifox]

Lyme Disease isn't all that bad, it can be treated with Antibiotics.

That's a good thing, because I don't think that ATOT could survive losing one of it's greatest minds like brianmanahan!

Shania Twain says she thought she would never sing again after battling Lyme disease

Country music star Shania Twain has said she feared she would never be able to sing again, after Lyme disease left her with nerve damage to her vocal cords.

www.cnn.com